MXV • Views from a KAPJAI

SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL (Staged in 2009 & 2010)  - Direct from Broadway with exclusive rights featuring an ALL MALAYSIAN BROADWAY CAST swinging to the beat of the SIXTIES. ALL FEMALE grooving go-go cast! Starred: Ning Baizura / Nikki Palikat / Tria Aziz / Shanel Sha nty James / Tisha Zarina / Joanna Bessey / Stephanie Van Den Driesen. Directed & Choreographed by Michael Xavier Voon (HipHopera/Storyteller/ Malaysian Idol). Musical Direction by Casey Koh. Costumes by Maggie & Casey Koh. Set Design by Melissa Teoh (AirCon). Lighting Design by Lim Ang Swee (Frogway). •

IT WAS AT a Christian Dance Conference that my work was first described as Prophetic Dance Warfare. Later, "Diaries 09 (Diaries in Black)" was created in 2009 out of a political climate which suppressed human rights and the freedom to even hold candle vigils in Malaysia. Here is our sharing... Message from  Lucy Jarasius  (FaceBook):  The last section was especially salient for me, MXV! Something about it seemed to speak to the heart of the matter, and although the movement was contemporary, there was something particulary Malaysian that cam e through. Last night, I had the rare privilege of seeing Sydney Dance company in a "preview"/dress rehearsal, and I'm telling you the truth, what you put together in this vid you posted was really of peer quality... and that's saying something for some of your dancers whom you have shared were relatively novice in performing work at that level. Bless you, and keep on creating! It's prophetic to be dancing in a non-

Click and be wow'ed! "Mystery Planet Creature with Amethyst" by Dain Fagerholm •

This was my second Graduation Commencement Ceremony in 1987, posing with my 3 Professors: Don Meyers, Susan Cahill & Charles Hardy. They were 3 of the many professors who helped me achieve a Magna Cum Laude of 3.84 GPA along with Dean's Lists in all 8 semesters. My degree up till then was a Bachelor in Liberal Arts in Selected Studies: Fine Art core with Graphic Communications and Performing Arts as the minors. A special thank you to Professor Verner Johnson for having been my advisor, counsellor and best friend. Without you... there won't be today. God Bless. •